Acropolis Viewpoint–Kittatinny Lake Beach, 7 sights is a 9.9-mile out-and-back in Stokes State Forest near Wallpack Center, NJ. The route passes Kittattiny Beach and Acropolis Viewpoint before reaching Kittatinny Lake Beach at the turnaround, 4.8 miles in. It climbs 945 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 58/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi722 – 1,371 ft · steepest grade: 18%9.9 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Red Maple Trail 41.15841, -74.85879
Nearest town Wallpack Center, NJ
Directions
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Acropolis Viewpoint–Kittatinny Lake Beach, 7 sights
9.9 mi · ▲ 945 ft · 3 hr 46 min
Elevation 722–1,372 ft
Out & Back · Stokes State Forest
Trailhead: Red Maple Trail · 41.15841, -74.85879
Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:24 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Red Maple Trail, heading SE.
- 1.7 miTurn left onto Woods Road/Red Maple Trail, heading E.
- 1.5 miSharp right onto Jacobs Ladder Trail, heading SE.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Appalachian Trail, heading E.
- 1.3 miBear left onto Acropolis Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftPass Kittattiny Beach.
- 50 ftPass Kittatinny Lake Beach.
- 0.1 miReach Acropolis Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading SW.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Appalachian Trail, heading SW.
- 1.1 miTurn right onto Jacobs Ladder Trail, heading W.
- 0.4 miSharp left onto Woods Road/Red Maple Trail, heading W.
- 1.5 miTurn right onto Red Maple Trail, heading NW.
- 1.7 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
73% dirt27% gravel
Weather
Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 7:24 PM
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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